zuleika.
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ZULEIKA.
from the spanish.
A lady in a light caique,
Abdallah's youngest daughter,
With Love's blush-rose upon her cheek,
Look'd o'er the moonlit water.
Abdallah's youngest daughter,
With Love's blush-rose upon her cheek,
Look'd o'er the moonlit water.
Her snow-soft hand in Selim's lay,
Her heart was wildly beating,
But still her dark eyes turn'd away
To watch the shore retreating.
Her heart was wildly beating,
But still her dark eyes turn'd away
To watch the shore retreating.
"Nay, look not there, my trembling dove
Young Selim cried in sorrow,—
"My bride to-night, by Allah, love,
I'll bear thee back to-morrow!"
Young Selim cried in sorrow,—
"My bride to-night, by Allah, love,
I'll bear thee back to-morrow!"
